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Wanted to share this since this was a long Project. Since Autodesk started changing Fusions functionality, from limiting active projects, to changing their terms of service. Since I need a CAD tool for my 3D Printable designs, I started migrating to a new cross platform CAD tool. That happened to be FreeCAD.

Learning FreeCAD wasn't easy, but was well worth my time. And after slowly pecking at it for 11 months, I was able to re-build every design I made (that I cared about).

I've made my 3D Printable designs available on my GitHub if you are interested: https://github.com/the16bitgamer/16BitVirtualStudiosDesigns

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[-] xenspidey@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

If you don't mind dropping a small amount of coin, Solidworks has a new maker version that is full fledged Solidworks for under $100 a year. Small price for the gold standard in my opinion. I think FreeCAD is better then CAD sketcher for blender. Much higher learning curve.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

I hadn't heard that, thanks! An annual $100 is well within what I'm willing to pay for my hobbyist use.

[-] u_tamtam@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago

I don't want to be this guy, but if you are willing to fork that much, perhaps you could consider donating some to FreeCAD? See it as an investment: in the end you would get a better version of a software that you truly own 🙂

[-] clb92@feddit.dk 4 points 10 months ago

If they had a fund set up solely dedicated to a complete UI rework, with input from UX designers, I'd consider donating.

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